419 scam: Miriam Kabah <miriamkabah7@gmail.com> Urgent Reply

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- leticiaadrianaanderson@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Miriam Kabah <miriamkabah7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mirriamkabah@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 07:14:05 -0700
Subject: Urgent Reply

*"Dear Friend,I am Mrs. Leticia Adriana Anderson, a Credit officer of La
Caixa bank Madrid-Spain. I have a concealed business suggestion for
you.Before the U.S and Iraqi war, our client Mr. Kahal Mohammad who was an
Iraqi Businessman mde a numbered fixed deposit for 36 calendar months, with
a value of Thirty million Nine Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars(US$30,900,000.00) only in my branch.Upon maturity, several notices
were sent to him even during the war and again after the war but still no
response came from him. We later found out that the Mr. Kahal and his
entire family had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit their
home in Bagdad , Iraq .After further investigation, I discovered that Mr.
Kahal did not declare any next-of-kin in his official papers including the
paper work of his bank deposit. In regards to this if nobody apply for the
claim of the money before November, 2016 the money will go into the Bank's
treasury as unclaimed funds or declared to the government of Spain .Once
this is done, Spanish government will confiscate the funds, which is not
good for both of usSo, the US$30,900,000.00 is still lying in my bank now
waiting for a person to apply for the claim/withdrawal as the next-of-kin.
I therefore want you to stand as the next-of-kin to Mr. Kahal Mohammad so
that you will be able to receive his funds legally without any single
hindrance.WHAT IS TO BE DONE:I want you to know that I have everything
worked-out for the immediate release of this fund to you. Therefore to
enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your account as arranged, you
must apply first to the bank as the next of kin of the deceased indicating
your interest of claim of your inherited funds. Upon receipt of your reply
through my email address below, I will send to you by fax or via email
attachment the text of the application which you will send to the bank for
legally soliciting the release of the fund to you.Do note that there is no
single risk involved at all in this deal as we are going to adopt a
legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.
Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we
shall share it in the ratio of 60% for us, and 40% for you.At this moment
you should feel free to contact me through my email address below
immediately you receive this letter. You should understand that this should
be kept very confidential. Let it be between you, me and my husband only.
This is the only way we can achieve success. I will level the whole
arrangement here in the bank for the payment/transfer to be approved
immediately.Please take note my husband is the only one I have discussed
this business with and we both agreed to do this business with the
funds.Please send to me via my email address below, your fixed and mobile
phone/fax number, for easy communications.Kind Regards,Mrs. Leticia Adriana
Anderson(Credit Officer-La Caixa Bank S.A. Madrid-Spain)Email:
leticiaadrianaanderson@yahoo.com <leticiaadrianaanderson@yahoo.com>*

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